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Dig : Sound and Music in Hip Culture.

'Dig' argues that in hip culture it is sound itself, and the faculty of hearing, that is the privileged part of the sensory experience. Through a string of lucid and illuminating examples author Phil Ford shows why and how music became a central facet of hipness and the counterculture.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Ford, Phil
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Oxford Scholarship Online, 2013.
Subjects:
Counterculture > United States.
Popular music > Social aspects > United States.
Contre-culture > États-Unis.
Musique populaire > Aspect social > États-Unis.
Counterculture
Popular music > Social aspects
United States
Electronic books.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Description
Summary:'Dig' argues that in hip culture it is sound itself, and the faculty of hearing, that is the privileged part of the sensory experience. Through a string of lucid and illuminating examples author Phil Ford shows why and how music became a central facet of hipness and the counterculture.
Physical Description:1 online resource
ISBN:1299700845
9781299700840